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The role of simulation in automatic flight control systems research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

R. A. Prasad ,
S. L. A. Saoullis  and
L. Tsitsilonis
R. A. Prasad
Affiliation:
Department of Transport Technology, University of Technology, Loughborough
S. L. A. Saoullis
Affiliation:
Department of Transport Technology, University of Technology, Loughborough
L. Tsitsilonis
Affiliation:
Department of Transport Technology, University of Technology, Loughborough
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Of all the branches of engineering, we regard aeronautical engineering as that which most needs simulation as an essential element of its constitution. Not even by choice may an aeronautical engineer be unfamiliar with simulation, for its advantages in the phases of design, production, and operation of aircraft are recognised by every aeronautical organisation, and its effectiveness, either in producing acceptable answers to flight problems, or in demonstrating flight characteristics, is the authority by which academics can insist upon the inclusion of the elements of simulation in their syllabuses. It is our belief that simulation has come to occupy this central position mainly as a result of the fundamental problems of safe flight.

Type
SYMPOSIUM ON “Is Flight simulation of academic interest?”
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 84 , Issue 835 , August 1980 , pp. 238 - 243
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1980 

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